AQF Publications

Please note that updates to all AQF publications are posted on the website.

Publications can either be downloaded from the website or complimentary hard copies can be obtained by sending your name, number of copies required and postal address to the AQF Council Secretariat (aqfc@saugov.sa.gov.au).

AQF Implementation Handbook

(Fourth Edition, 2007)

Please note the fourth Edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook 2007 replaces the 3rd Ed. 2002.

This fourth edition of the AQF Implementation Handbook (2007) also incorporates previous stand-alone circulars, brochures and publications, including:

• revised AQF guidelines for the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (2004);
• revised AQF guidelines for the Graduate Certificate and the Graduate Diploma (2005);
• AQF guidelines for three new qualifications: the Associate Degree (2004), the Vocational Graduate Certificate and the Vocational Graduate Diploma (2005);
• expanded national guidelines on cross-sector linkages to include the schools sector (2004);
• national principles and operational guidelines for recognition of prior learning (RPL) (2004);
• a new definition of a Statement of Attainment and protocols for certification (2007); and
• updated references to the AQTF 2007.

This Handbook provides a detailed guide for the implementation of the Australian Qualifications Framework. It should be read in conjunction with documents issued by accrediting bodies.

Please note also that, in respect of the Doctoral Degree Guideline, the Council of Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies (DDOGS) has developed a Framework of Best Practice in Australian Doctorate Programs which also provides valuable guidance for universities in monitoring their programs: http://www.ddogs.edu.au/download/207271667 (Word document)

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